What Do iglew, jeffro, and Craig Breslow Have In Common?
by Nico on Jul 29, 2010 11:52 AM PDT
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PrintSo the answer is simply: They all have a paragraph devoted to them in this post. Bit of a letdown, I know.
I want to let the community know that iglew is joining the moderating crew, as part of the ongoing effort to replace those moderators who are really acting more as "moderator emeritus" with active members of the community. The addition of a moderator, and/or the addition of iglew specifically, does not actually have anything to do with the recent conversations around rules and regs. iglew was invited on board a few months ago but declined mostly due to it being an especially busy time at work, then mentioned last week that he regretting saying "no" and would be glad to join anytime. So in the Billy Beane/Ken Macha spirit of "He was good enough for us then, he's good enough for us now!" please welcome iglew aboard as part of the crew assessing possible CGVs and helping to keep the community a place where its Community Guidelines are honored.
Meanwhile jeffro, well known and respected for his excellent work writing about the A's ongoing searches for a new ballpark, is joining the AN front page crew. This weekend, jeffro will be subbing for me on Saturday and then he will start his gig as a regular Sunday front page contributor. I still plan to be about the same presence on the front page in general, by the way, but will perhaps find more varied spots throughout the week through subbing and supplementing. Such as...
Craig Breslow. I had a chance to interview him over the phone this morning and the A's lefty was really generous with his time, chatting for 25 minutes about everything from his "Strike 3 Foundation" and the special charity event taking place next Wednesday, August 4th, to his own "past and future" musings on his sister's childhood cancer and his eventual post-baseball career in the field of Science, to thoughts about his pitching and mutual analysis thereof. Due to the length of the interview, I'm planning to present it on AN in 3 parts, with Part I running by this weekend in anticipation of the upcoming Blackjack event. By way of previewing, let me just say that there is nothing overstated in the media about how intelligent and articulate he is.
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Congrats to iglew and jeffro
Looking forward to the interview
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
– John Wooden
Congrats iglew and jeffro!!!
And I can’t wait for the interview
""Imagine if you go there to see Miss Universe and you end up having Miss Iowa..." - Miguel Batista
Great news, great decisions!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
congrats to all
Nice picks AN. iglew is the kind of poster I should probably be aspiring to be, haha
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
New mantra: WWIS?
What Would Iglew Say?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Am I allowed to say "f&*(ing congratulations" in this thread?
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
H$&% yeah!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Gee, Nico.
It’s bad enough you are all over the front page, but now you have to hog the sidebar, too?
{Looks at DLD post}
Oh.
I'm here to talk about the past.
What are all the different titles we have on AN, btw?
What does a “manager” do, what does an “editor” do, what does an “author” do and what does a “moderator” do?
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
– John Wooden
I'm not even sure but I'd like for AN to go with more baseball-sounding names.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Ah, the dreams of making it as a "Five tool centerfielder"
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
– John Wooden
It's actually a bit misleading in that
if I give someone front page privileges, say to allow them to post CT threads, then suddenly they’re automatically listed as an Editor instead of as a moderator, and so on. The only designations that are intentional are “front page writers” and “moderators” — I think it’s pretty darn clear that we don’t have any editors (!) and what’s an author? Are we now writing novels?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I wanna title, too
But, I feel that Lookout Landing is a better fit
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
– John Wooden
by elcroata on Jul 29, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I expected to end up in the "moderator" column,
not the “manager” column. I’m not sure what, if anything, I manage.
It amuses me that I outrank LB, though. Pssh, editor.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
As it turns out, the #2 moderator spot
isn’t worth a bucket of warm piss.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
The problem is that when I gave you the right privileges
for you to be a moderator, for some reason you didn’t have access to the necessary info. So then I gave you more privileges and it listed you as a “manager.” When I saw that, for a moment I took away the “shouldn’t be necessary but seem to be” privileges and it still listed you as a “manager” anyway (and you probably couldn’t moderate). So then I just put the unnecessary-but-necessary privileges back and started crying.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Muahahaha
All part of my evil plan to take over AN. [Pets ugly white cat.]
I can’t believe you fell for it when I said I couldn’t “access the necessary info”.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I'd reply but I can't seem to comment...
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I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Now he's more skurred.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
And he should be!
I’m fairly certain that he bailed on my ride to your place because he didn’t want me knowing where he lives.
by LoneStranger on Jul 30, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Can't you just tell your employees that it's a "home office" and get them to move all of your stuff?
by LoneStranger on Jul 30, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but then I might have to actually pay them.
Oh, hehe. Hi there.
I'm here to talk about the past.
Can certain roles read FanPost drafts of the users?
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
– John Wooden
Wait iglew with power?
Oh no…..he’s going to ban me for ranking Woodrow Wilson as the 8th best President I just know it.
This is how people get power?
Quick, Nico, make Sweeney and Barton moderators!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Jul 29, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
hahahaha
rec’d
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!
by cuppingmaster on Jul 29, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
{turns it green with third rec}
Oh the power I wield — buuuuuuahahahahaha!!!!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Seriously, he should be 43rd or 44th
depending on whether you count Cleveland twice.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Leave the poor Indians out of this.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
You're suggesting he was worse than Buchanan?
Seriously, come on.
"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau
by King Richard on Jul 29, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps I exaggerated, but suggesting it? Absolutely.
Look, I understand people might disagree about his policies or accomplishments, but what boggles my mind is how people can overlook that he was literally brain-damaged for much of his second term. He wasn’t even the same man who was elected. The first stroke damaged his personality, and after the last one he was barely even functioning. For more than a year he was quite simply incapable of performing his duties. For years, the executive branch ran on autopilot without a president.
Now you can argue about how much of the country going to hell in 1920 was due to its leaderlessness and you can argue about the constitutional ramifications had Marshall attempted to take over, but you can’t deny that the president’s brain was broken and he wasn’t doing his job. How the hell can that be a great president? There are a lot of weird blind spots in standard U.S. history, but that one has to be the worst.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Also, all three of us are geniuses.
Just saying.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Did someone say goats?
AN: We is all growed up now.
by OptimistPrime on Jul 29, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I assume, though, that you are the most evil of the bunch
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!
by cuppingmaster on Jul 29, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool beans
I find myself in favor of all of these developments.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
My guess
3 men that Snookie has not slept with yet. I am putting yet out there because you never know about those Jersey girls.
You vastly underestimate Snookie
Actually, given the Jersey connection, maybe she’s only gotten to Cust.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
I thought it was "Snooki"
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!
by cuppingmaster on Jul 29, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
And she's not from New Jersey
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I hope not
Most likely Arod since he sleeps with anything that moves.
Congrats to the both of you!
Well deserved if I say so myself! Which I do. I think. Sorry, this whole body double thing has me confused. Not sexually Bloom!
Blackjack! We are going to get our asses handed to us by Breslow, Nico!
AN: We is all growed up now.
GIMME GIMME GIMME.
I love Breslow, you tell us this and we have to WAIT? D: Patience is boring.
…oh, and congrats to iglew and jeffro. :)
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
lol Brett Wallace was just traded again
to Houston. OOF
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
Aw man -- we should have reacquired him!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
W??
Wallace for a A ball CFer who is only 20. The question is what is wrong with wallace for 3 teams to give up on him.
He got Michael Taylor'd
WTF GEREN?!?!?!
by robbo650 on Jul 29, 2010 3:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
While we are at it; rangers just got Jorge Cantu
by Steven Chuob on Jul 29, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Rosenthal reported it, but Cantu is still playing for the Marlins.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 29, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
They must want him to play 1B
He is a truly dreadful 3Bman. Not sure he’s a good 1Bman, either, but he’d surely do better there.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Young DH's.....so undervalued right now.
This, along with the Yanks offering Montero up in any deal = bizarre. Especially when theres only 8 current DHs who are doing their job (and thats using the term lightly, Im using only a 750+ OPS here)
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
{makes note to interview Wallace in 10 years about his one at-bat in the bigs}
I'm here to talk about the past.
Adolescent-bearing thighs
Las Vegas is about to visit Sacramento and here I was wondering if I’d be able to fit all of him in my viewfinder.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
iglew's a mod?
ani-gif posters, take note!
(and good choice on both iglew and jeffro)
BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD. BEER IS GOOD, AND STUFF.
OT:
Can we get that ad with the fat slob who hates our team off the front page?
Seriously, if you are going to have promo pictures taken, can you at least fix up your collar so it goes over your sweater? Come on, this isnt rocket science here….
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
doesn’t seem that OT. it’s actually a great way to see if iglew will allow weightist comments or not…
really don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 29, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Im more against those who hate our team than weight perception.
It just seems way way worse when coming from a guy who clearly never played. A wise man once told me “when you hate, you’ll be hated in return”, all Ratto does is hate on the A’s, and in return I hate him for it, so thats pretty true.
-Yeah, I just posted that, but my opinion is apparently "wrong" a significant portion of the time though, so take it as you will.
So why not say "guy" or "jerk" instead of "fat slob"?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
You like scoundrels.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
no, you're a dude with a weird moustache.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets, except when their nipples have magical powers. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 30, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Maybe if we put a twinkie on the Giants SB nation site, he’ll go there.
Keep in mind, of course, that "the best defense of Derek Jeter's life" ranks somewhere in between "the best fiscal responsibility of Mike Tyson's life" and "the best not-getting-assassinated-ness of James Garfield's life." -FJM
you disappoint me nico
i thought the answer was going to be something like a Cliff Claven “3 people who have never eaten in my dining room”.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Jul 29, 2010 8:47 PM PDT reply actions
iglew might have.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I'm sure I've had exotic teas there.
Can’t remember if there was any eating. Possibly cookies or crackers.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Crackers? Nuts? Insane?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
She blamed the teas on you.
She says, “Nico is always collecting strange and exotic teas, do you want to try one?”
I remember one that was a little ball of something and when you put it in the water it opened up like a flower.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Green Peony
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
there’s a range of flowering teas. some look like flowers, some like living sea creatures, and some like flotsam—doing nothing for a while, opening up a little, and then just withering. at the oakland numi, just a few exits up the 880 from the coli, these latter ones are called the “9th-inning teas.”
really don't care if i ever get back.
Yes, that's the one.
Are you a tea geek, too? Is it something about the Berkeley Hills?
I’m not a tea geek, but tea is the one place where my usual culinary fussiness is reversed and I will promiscuously try anything.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Love tea, somewhat of a geek about it
Not enough to spend really insane amounts of money on it, though, but I do drink it a lot. Peets is my usual supplier out of habit, even though I’m an NRAF and there are lots of online tea suppliers out there.
I’ll also try more or less anything, but I’m not that enthusiastic about flavored teas (other than traditional things like jasmine, bergamot, or ozmanthus). Mango-blackberry-vanilla tea sounds like “crap you won’t drink unless we cover over the flavor with a bunch of fruit” to me.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I dislike hibiscus.
Pretty much the one standard tea that is a big turn-off to me. I think there’s some basic flower chemical that I have a mild allergy to. Some flowery perfumes are utterly repellent to me but others are just fine, so I think it’s something specific. Hibiscus, and some other flowery teas, are distasteful to me in the same way.
I’m no tea geek, though. I’m just easy. Green, black, herbal, Lipton, whatever. I don’t think I discern enough to have strong opinions.
I was far more discerning about coffee back when I used to drink it. My favorite was a Colombia-Guatemala blend, which I could actually distinguish from straight Colombia (meh) or straight Guatemala (pretty good). I also liked Jamaica. Didn’t care for French roast nor any of the African coffees.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There's something seriously wrong with you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets, except when their nipples have magical powers. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 30, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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